Why People Die by Suicide
- ISBN-10
- 0674039203
- ISBN-13
- 9780674039209
- Category
- Psychology
- Pages
- 288
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2007-09-30
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Author
- Thomas Joiner
Description
Drawing on extensive clinical and epidemiological evidence, as well as personal experience, Thomas Joiner provides the most coherent and persuasive explanation ever given of why and how people overcome life's strongest instinct, self-preservation. He tests his theory against diverse facts about suicide rates among men and women; white and African-American men; anorexics, athletes, prostitutes, and physicians; members of cults, sports fans, and citizens of nations in crisis.
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